Sherminator98

And nearly 50% of there population is over the age of 50 also

IMO I think lots of information about the 3 row EV has been conflated with information about other products from reading in-between the lines with the cadence of other products like the Explorer. That is also why I kind wonder about the CE1 program too-its being reported that it is going to be a pickup between the Ranger and Maverick, but we already have a larger pickup in the form of T3 and I don't see much sense in that unless its some sort of Bronco affiliated product, given the market acceptance of EVs currently. Also I don't think Louisville is going to get an EV product either and the battery plant is for HEV/EREV Super Duties for the other plant near there. My bet is that BOC gets EV products for the time being and Louisville gets ICE/hybrid products that replace or are in addition to the Escape/Corsair being built there. Hopefully we hear something about Ford's path Forward by Memorial Day

I'd say the Explorer sticks around in some form...it been its best name plate for the past 30 years and generally has a good reputation The low cost EV (Pickup and Crossover) I'm guessing get roped into Bronco family, which is more important for the NA market then the Ranger. I'd also assume the low cost EV will replace the Mach E at some point and maybe the coupe Mustang when it can't be an ICE product anymore.

Net International Migration Drives Highest U.S. Population Growth in Decades The Demographic Outlook: 2024 to 2054 Long term the popluation is going to shrink because of age and people having less children to replace the ones dying off.

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/07/25/the-experiences-of-u-s-adults-who-dont-have-children/

Well the white one is a concept and the Blue one is a production vehicle, but I can see the design influence in it from the concept.

Younger generations aren't having kids for various reasons. There are huge demographic implications from this that are already showing in the EU because of this. It used to be around 2.3 children per family and now its down to 1.94 as of 2023.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/nearly-half-of-young-americans-dont-want-to-own-a-car-survey

Think I fixed it..didn't know it was broken lol

I think the biggest issue with a Hybrid setup for the Mustang is how does it fit as a performance vehicle. Using the Ranger PHEV as the Hybrid setup for the Mustang, you have 275hp with 509 ft lb of Torque with the R10 transmission The Ecoboost Mustang is rated at 310 HP/315 ft lbs and I'm not sure if a huge increase in torque would be a good selling point for a Mustang. You have the rumors of FWD/AWD setup, so using the Nautilus as base line-the two motors on that add 60HP to the base Ecoboost. So if you use the Nautilus style Hybrid motors on the Mustang, you'd get around 400HP-but would the additional weight off set any performance gains? Just using these two examples, I don't see a reason for Ford to use a hybrid setup in the coupe Mustang unless they are forced too. A hybrid setup would be a far better setup for a Sedan or off road influenced Mustang, if they ever come about.

https://www.motor1.com/news/747639/ford-wants--to-be-porsche-of-off-road/

Your not wrong there, that is why I expect the Mustang, once it moves to a new EV platform to move to a different plant.

Right but what is being talked the old continental is more or less the same exact thing, which makes me wonder how viable it would be. It was a full sized product like the new Taurus is in the Middle East but I think something smaller like the Lincoln Z would work better at its size and price point

We more or less already had that and it was built at Flat Rock too.

So since you want to use facts here: Mustang sales the past couple of years: https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/ford-mustang-sales-figures/ Mustang Sales from last month: So if Ford didn't experience Supply constraints last month, the would have actually sold about 3-4K more Mustangs (using December 2023s numbers) this past year vs 2023s yearly total. What this all boils down to is manufactured outrage using the Mach E as ammunition when it was just a fluke month that screwed yearly sales totals up. As for the CAFE comments-Mustang sales have been on a downward trend since 2015...so depending on how the CAFE enforcement has changed since then, that would just add smoke to support that fire.